Toy gun



B. L. KEIL TOY mm Filed July 9. 1923 Patented July 6, 1926.

UNITED STATES tastes PATENT OFFICE.

BAR'IHOLO'MEW I4. KEIL, OF ERIE, PENNSYLVANIA.

TOY GUN.

Application filed July 9,

This invention is designed to improve and simplify toy guns throwingcheap and harmless projectiles.

The invention is illustrated in the accompanying drawings as follows z-Fig. 1 shows a side elevation of a preferred form of gun.

Fig. 2 an enlarged section of the device.

Fig. 3 a section on the line 33 in Fig. 2.

Fig. 4 a cross section of the throwing rubber.

Fig. 5 a side elevation of an alternative construction.

Fig. 6 a cross section on the line 6--6 in Fig. 5.

Fig. 7 a side elevation of an alternative construction.

Fi 8 a cross section on the line 88 in Fig.

Fig. 9 a section on the line 9-9 in Fig. 1.

1 marks the projection corresponding to the usual gun barrel, 2 the gunstock, this gun stock being formed of wire following the usual outlinesof a gun stock, and 3 a breech member. The breech member is formed ofsheet metal open at the bottom and bent over at the top from a stampingforming a socket 4 in its forward end which is adapted to receive thebarrel 1 which is ordinarily formed of wood, the sheet metal beingcompressed with the barrel in place and indented at 4* so as to lock thebarrel in place. Back of the-barrel socket the sheet walls are separatedleaving a space 5 with openings 6 and 7 at the bottom and top. The rearend of the breech member has a rearwardly opening socket 8 into which aloop formed of wires 9 of the stock extend, the joined ends of the wire10 being at the upper end of the loop. The stock is secured in place bythe loop being placed in the socket and the walls of the breech membercompressed around the wires. In this way the walls are formed withgrooves which engage the loop of the wire and secure the ends in place.A trigger 11 has a pivot opening 12 through it into which a detent 5formed in the side walls of the breech member is forced. Thus the pivotfor the trigger is formed at the same time that the parts are assembledby the bending or indenting of the wall. A spring 13 crowds the upperpart of the trigger to a rearward position, the spring extendingforwardly into an opening in the breech member and being extended over alug 14 on the trigger.

1923. Serial No. 650,232.

A stop 15 is arranged 011 the lower end of the trigger and engages thewalls of the breech member at the front edge of the opening 7. p Afinger piece 16 .is arranged at the lower end of the trigger in theusual position for operation. The upper end of the trigger has a curvedrear surface 17 over which a rubber loop 18 is passed when the gun isset for action. The outer end of the rubber loop is secured by a band 19at the front end of the barrel.

In the preferred construction the upper end of the trigger has a slit 20which is adapted to receive a small paste-board projectile 21.

In the operation of the device the loop 18 is placed over the trigger,the projectile 21 put in place and as the triger is pulled and the upperend of the trigger moved forward the angle of the curved surfacegradually shifts with relation to the rubber loop and the rubber looprolls off this surface picking up the projectile and throwing it.

In order that the rubber may readily disengage itself from the triggerthe rubber should have a cross sectional shape which will permit it toroll as the angle of the curve varies. This may be accomplished by asquare cross section, or other cross sections in which the crossdimensions are fair- 1y uniform as distinguished from a flat rubberband.

In the modified construction of Fig. 5 a paper projectile is placed in aslit 22 formed on the upper part of the breech member instead of at theupper part of the trigger and in the modified construction shown in Fig.7 the breech member is provided with forks 23 on which a pinprojectilemay be placed and picked up by the rubber as it is released.

In order that the device may be marketed as .an advertising specialtythe stock has a series of clips 24 which extend around the wire and intowhich paper advertisements may be sprung, the form of the clip beingshown in Fig. 9.

What I claim as new is 1. In a toy gun, the combination of a barrel; abreech member having a socket into which the barrel extends; a triggerslot and a rearward stock securing socket; and a wire stock having endsextending into the stock receiving socket and secured by the clamp ingof the side walls of the stock receiving socket.

2. In a toy gun, the combination of a barrel; a breech member having asocket into which the barrel extends; a trigger slot and a rearwardstock securing socket; and a wire stock having ends extendinginto thestock receiving socket and secured by the clamping ot the side walls ofthe stock receiving socket, said side walls being grooved to betterengage the stock.

4 8. In a toy gun, the combination of a breech portion having a triggerslot and a rearwardstock securing socket; and a wire stock having endsextending into the stock receiving socket and secured by the cla1npingtheside walls of the stock receiving socket.

l. In a toy gun, the combination of a breech portion having a triggerslot and a rearward stock securing socket; and a wire stock having endsextending into thestock receiving socket andeecnred :by the clamping ofthe side walls ot=the stock receiving socket, said side walls beinggroovedito better engage the stock.

5. In a toy gun, the combination or a-trigger having a pivot indentationtherein; and a breech member formed of sheet metal and having a triggerslot therein, the walls of the slot being indented and extending intothe indentation in the trigger forming a pivot tor the trigger.

6. In a toy gun, the combination of a barrel; a wire formed stock;breech member formed of sheet metal having a barrel receiving socketclamping the barrel and a stock receiving socket clamping the stock; atrigger receiving slot; a trigger pivotally mounted in the slot; arubber loop secured to the barrel and adapted to be looped over thetrigger; and a projectile holder in the path oi the loop when released.

7. In a toy gun, the combination of a wire stock; and means on the wirefor securing an advertising plate within the stock frame, said meansbeing in the form of clips with inwardly extending slits.

In testimony whereof I havehereunto set my hand.

BARTHOLOMEWV L. IKE-IL.

